California state leaders are rolling out a $55-million incentive plan to build more fast chargers for electric vehicles in public and business sites.

Some people say more EV charging stations are needed, but others worry it could take away parking spaces that they say are already limited.

Michele Murphy recently got herself an electric vehicle.

“I like the fact that you don’t have to go to a gas station,” she said.

As a realtor, Murphy spends most her time on the road.

“I was low on charge today going to my hairdresser. It was not as easy for me to find a charging station as I would have hoped,” Murphy said.

That’s why the California Energy Commission recently announced a new effort to expand the construction of fast chargers for EVs. They are chargers that can charge the battery of

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